UKRAINE - People are deceived by the U.S. / EU - Nazis and fascists in control of government, formed by US and EU. - In this blog, I will provide the information that the Western press is not willing to give. The purpose is to open the eyes of the Norwegian, European and Ukrainian people about what actually happens in Ukraine, and who’s behind. Some text is mine, but also from friends or I borrow/ bring in from other media

mandag 26. mars 2018

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson seems to have become fixated
on comparing Russia with Nazi Germany. Most recently, he has likened
Crimea’s reunification with Russia to Hitler’s annexation of the
Sudetenland.

The trouble with raising
the specter of an enemy is that one can very easily take it too far.
Johnson has apparently been so gripped by hysterical Russophobia that he
has started seeing parallels between Russia and its sworn enemy, the
Third Reich.

In his latest outburst to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee,
he went as far as to claim that Crimea joining Russia, following an
overwhelmingly supportive referendum in March 2014, was similar to the
partial occupation of what was then Czechoslovakia by Hitler’s forces
back in 1938. Johnson then claimed that it was “wholly apposite” to draw such comparisons between the Nazis then and Russia now.

“Russia annexed a sovereign European territory,” the foreign secretary said of Crimea. He then emphatically pointed out that “we did not do anything about the Sudetenland, you know,”
referring to European leaders’ decision to allow the peripheral
Czechoslovak territories to be annexed by the Nazis. Later on, using
their position behind the Czechoslovak defenses, the Wehrmacht were able
to enter Prague unopposed.

Johnson warned that Europe’s failure to stand up to what he called Russia’s “pattern of provocative behavior” would encourage the Kremlin in its “revanchist feeling.” He attempted to scare Europe further by claiming that a lack of action on Moscow’s “assertive” policy would be similar to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler.

As
he made his far-reaching conclusions, Johnson completely neglected one
fact: It was the West, namely France and the UK itself, which “sold” Czechoslovakia to Hitler by signing the 1938 Munich Agreement. Better known as the ‘Munich Betrayal’, the treaty allowed Nazi Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia.

The
pact was signed by Hitler and Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini
– as well as Britain’s then-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his
French counterpart Edouard Daladier. Notable by its absence was the
Soviet Union, and even Czechoslovakia’s leadership did not take part in
the negotiations on the agreement.

The British media has apparently fallen victim to this selective historical amnesia. The Daily Express, for example, briefly mentioned in its piece that Chamberlain merely “refused to intervene” when Hitler’s forces occupied the territory.

It
is not the first time Johnson has allowed himself to make such
far-fetched comparisons. On March 21, he likened Russia’s hosting of
this year’s World Cup to the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany, adding that
such a “comparison with 1936 is certainly right.”

This provoked an angry reaction from Moscow. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denounced Johnson’s words as “totally disgusting” and “not appropriate for any foreign minister.”

Johnson
is no stranger to statements that encourage a distorted view of Russia.
For example, he has publically claimed that getting rid of former spies
is just a part of Russian nature. In his opinion piece for the
Washington Post, he called the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal
nothing other than the manifestation of “blatant Russian-ness.”

It
almost goes without saying that Johnson never bothered to provide even
the slightest proof to substantiate his claims. Instead, he trumpeted
the “overwhelming support” that the UK received from other
western countries following the poisoning of Skripal. Johnson
interpreted this as a clear sign that the whole “Western world” shares his take on Russia’s “provocative behavior.”

On
March 4, Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter were found
unconscious on a bench outside a shopping center in the British town of
Salisbury. Police later said they had been poisoned with some sort of a
Soviet-era nerve agent. London was quick to blame Moscow for the
incident and its Western allies were quick to join in, even though no
solid evidence of Russian involvement in the incident has been presented
so far.

Russia has repeatedly denied having anything to do with
the poisoning of Skripal. Moscow has offered cooperation in the probe
and demanded the details be shared, as it involves Russian citizens.